Category Archives: Education

New petitions for public schools and art primary schools

Posted on September 23, 2023 by ianchisnall

Back on 10 days ago on 13th September a petition entitled “Bad owners are to blame not the breed – don’t ban the XL bully” was published by Glyn Saville and his document has so far achieved 571,600 signatures. I … Continue reading →

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STEM Subjects: Girls from the Hastings and Rye MP

Posted on September 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday last week in Parliament one of the written questions came from Sally-Ann Hart who is the Hastings and Rye MP and the question was responded by Nick Gibb who is a Minister of the Education Department and he … Continue reading →

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MPs to probe ministers over poor concrete in schools

Posted on September 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the CYP Now website published this article which was written by Emily Harle and the initial comment is MPs are set to question ministers over the disruption caused by dangerous concrete in school buildings, following the Department for … Continue reading →

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We have 3 weeks to sign this petition for SEND provision

Posted on August 22, 2023 by ianchisnall

This petition is nearly ended and so far it has only achieved just over 12,000 signatures. It has led to a response from the Government but it usually needs 100,000 signatures to enable MPs to have a debate in Parliament. … Continue reading →

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Taking worry out of the classroom and also a Petition

Posted on August 20, 2023 by ianchisnall

A few days ago I contacted Katie Scott who is a Mindfulness/meditation teacher and author at Little Sunshine Mindfulness and Yoga. She has just sent out her Taking worry out of the classroom book which she introduced it at ‘Taking … Continue reading →

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It is great for our LSIP to be approved by the Government

Posted on August 14, 2023 by ianchisnall

It is very positive that last Friday the Government submitted provision for one of our region’s education elements and it was very encouraging that the Department for Education (DfE) published the Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIP) for Sussex. This recent … Continue reading →

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A Petition to call for daily sessions in schools

Posted on August 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

A very nice person called Katie Scott who is based in the Liverpool area of Knowsley has submitted her e-Petition to the Government. It is referred as Petition 641406 which focuses on daily sessions in Schools. It was published on … Continue reading →

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Campaign for special needs school in Sussex and Essex 

Posted on August 8, 2023 by ianchisnall

A few days before the end of the Government there was a short discussion that took place which was entitled Recruitment and Retention which took place with the Education Department for the Government. During that session an MP from Essex, … Continue reading →

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STEM is included in the Medicine: Education discussion

Posted on August 6, 2023 by ianchisnall

The questions from Helen Hayes were very significant a few weeks ago that were all included under the title of Medicine: Education on the 11th July. Helen Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and along with … Continue reading →

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Sally-Ann Hart: Reading Standards Primary-age Children

Posted on August 2, 2023 by ianchisnall

A series of questions and answers took place towards the end of the Parliament session. The person who set this out was Sally-Ann Hart who is the MP for Hastings and Rye and the response came from Nick Gibb who … Continue reading →

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